This Allegory was printed in this newspaper and was prophetic when hepenned it 46 yrs ago and even more relevant today.
Onceupon a time there was a little raindrop, falling from the azure blue of skiesabove.It was as pure and dear as theHeavens whence it had its source.It wasvirtuously happy, full of joyous caprice; exalting in its freedom andindividualism.It was a Raindrop!It had form, dimension and constituentelements; it had Identity!
Thenits flight was interrupted; divergent forces appeared, crosswinds blew and itwas carried by powerful currents to the broad ocean, here sad to relate, thelovely picture changed.It could nolonger exalt in its own Divine Dignity because it had become a non-entity; lostas a part in a great Amorphous Mass; moving as the mass moved beyond itsknowledge, comprehension or power: disintegrated, adulterated and contaminatedby all the detritus from innumerable sources that finally came to rest in thesea.Consigned to limbo; it’s Ego and Idforever destroyed.
Vote against UrbanRenewalPol.Adv.Paid for by
Dr.H. H. McCutchen
August4, 1963
Fort Smithsoundly defeated Urban Renewal in 1963, but it is alive and well under 23different aliases, 3 of which are National Assoc. of Assessing Officers,National Municipal League, and U.S. Conference of Mayors.
To get anidea of what is happening to our country pertaining to individual &property rights ending with a government takeover of our lives… do a Google searchon METRO 1313—the vehicle.
Some ofMETRO 1313 goals are:
1.Diminishpower of sovereign states, abolishing most elective offices at the state andlocal levels
2.“Professionals”to replace elected officials
3.METRO causesthe merging of city & county, county & district, and then State withother States into a Federal Regional Government
